Comments on: Syrup Sadness

By: Deas

Deas — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:44:26 +0000

Jonadab – that sounds mighty good, actually. I’ll have to try it. Thanks for the tip.

By: Jonadab the Unsightly One

Jonadab the Unsightly One — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:15:12 +0000

Just heat some canned fruit, with the juice, in a saucepan, and thicken with cornstarch, and possibly some added sugar, depending on how sweet the canned fruit is to start. Tastes much better than traditional pancake syrup. We usually use home-canned peaches, but whatever is available locally should work, as long as it tastes good. Jonadab the Unsightly Ones last blog post was: Bad Analogies 101

By: Deas

Deas — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:38:57 +0000

I am sooo lost, but I love it. Ha ha.

By: Aileen

Aileen — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:38:20 +0000

Still not sure I believe John Leslie is a sex pest

But we’re getting off the point here

Pancakes are yummy, whatever shape or form they come in!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:47:19 +0000

Or it could be because Blue Peter didn’t give two damns about their Scottish viewers and didn’t bother to ever make a distinction. Cultural imperialism from a London based show! Why didn’t John Leslie stand up for Scottish rights? He let his countrymen down. Although he’s let you down in other, more severe, ways since I’d argue.

I guess my conclusion is: John Leslie is a freak.

Toms last blog post was: Reading time – The Lawless Roads

By: Aileen

Aileen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:01:46 +0000

Hhmm…..Tom I think you may be speaking about England only.

Cos in Scotland, when I was a kid, we always made smaller denser pancakes….and called them pancakes! We never did that large crepe style pancake flipping thing in my family….(like they did on Blue Peter)

However that may just be because my family is weird and not because Scotland is different at all

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:33:21 +0000

Do you have a costco by you at all? I bet they have "normal" sized syrup there. I thought the local Carrefour would have syrup, but they only had the same stuff you have here. Jordans last blog post was: Chasing Akasaka

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:45:20 +0000

If we’re all chucking in our two pence worth when it comes to condiments, I might as well contribute my own.

We don’t really eat what you call pancakes back home, or if we do we call them hot cakes I think. When we talk about pancakes we are talking about what I guess what North Americans might call crepes.

I don’t know how this would sit with your kind of pancakes, but I like mine simple with a squeeze of lemon all over and a spoonful of sugar on top. Lovely stuff.

Toms last blog post was: Reading time – The Lawless Roads

By: Deas

Deas — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:52:05 +0000

Tom – you’re absolutely right about the disparity. What gives? It’s like the people who sell in bulk are some shadowy organization inaccessible to your random private citizen. Ha ha. Also – have you ever noticed the trend in dropping a theme on everything to make it stand out? (I bought “Summer Milk” today, just to find out what the heck makes it summery. Probably the packaging, like always. At least, that was true of Botchan Milk.)

Ken – huh, it sure does say that. I was using some kind of crazy cooking weight and volume calculator online, so I will definitely put that under human error. My bad! The figure is updated. Thanks for that catch. (It still pales in comparison.)

Alex – whipped cream? Do you eat them crepe style or something? I’ve never tried that. Sounds yummy. I’d go for a wee bit of butter and a drizzle of syrup, maybe a bit of peanut butter. But ever since Malaysia, nothing can beat Black Currant Jam for me. It is made in heaven, I’m convinced. Mmmm. (But hey – if you like whipped cream, just buy the whipping cream instead of the pre-whipped kind. Problem solved? Though I’m not sure about the price.)

Koichi – that’s the same reason host families ask for beef jerky from me. Ha ha ha. Trade ya…

Nic – honey is quite good on pancakes. But it leaves me wanting something more. Honey and peanut butter on freshly baked whole wheat bread, though – that cannot be beat. Except by the aforementioned black currant jam. Mmmm.

Jordan – your bottles had better be bigger than these. And heck, if they are, I’ll be first in line to buy! Ha ha.

Wow. I got more of a response from this entry than I thought I would. Awesome. People are passionate about their breakfast condiments. Ha ha.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:37:39 +0000

The syrup situation in Japan is indeed pathetic. We need Canada to airlift Japan some syrup, asap. I will have one carry-on piece full of syrup when I arrive. I'll be selling them for only $10 bucks a bottle. XD Jordans last blog post was: Chasing Akasaka